The Thirteenth Echo

About the Book

After God's Monocle, an advanced spy satellite, identifies a mass of fissionable material in Northern Iraq, a mission to retrieve it is formulated. When the plan is compromised, leaving most of the team members dead, the President turns to the legendary Major Bobby Handle to devise a desperate rescue attempt. Handle's done it before, but can the Major perform yet another miracle? Moments before Handle arrives, an Iraqi insurgent stops the execution of a U.S. soldier during a live Internet web-cast. Subsequently, an unlikely hero emerges, whose true motivation could determine not only the future of the world's newest democracy, but that of the United States itself.

About the Author

Derek J. Martin has worked for twenty-five years as a freelance magazine writer, college lecturer, and syndicated columnist. His work has appeared in television and radio as well as in print. Genres include Children’s fiction, serialized thrillers, and comics.